1934 First celebration of Waitangi Day
Two years after James Busby's former residence at Waitangi was gifted to the nation by the Governor General, Lord Bledisloe, Waitangi Day was formally celebrated for the first time, on the site where the Treaty was signed. Busby's home became known as the Treaty House and construction of a whare rununga began beside it. This Māori meeting house was finished in time for the 1940 Centennial, which celebrated the signing of the Treaty as the nation's founding moment.
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